Thursday October 21

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Assignments to have completed for this week: October 21

• Continue on your Research Project
  • Collect data, take photos (must post photos by class time)
  • Take notes to help you write your introduction
• Begin STEM Kit Organization (Have 2 weeks to complete this)
  • Assign roles to each of the partners:
    • Brainstormer: (All group members) Create a space where you can discuss the kit ideas, to be sure you're all on the same page.
    • Kit Item Organizer: List items needed to go into the kit. Organize lists into 1) items provided in the kit, 2) items provided by the teacher and 3) consumables
    • Budget Researcher: Determines where items should be bought (best quality for best price) Do this in excel, organize url's, company names, number of items, cost etc..

Housekeeping

• Attendance

Cookbook to Inquiry Presentation

• Mike, Patrick, & Brock: Population Ecology
• Notecard feedback

Research Project Topic

• Data collection

Topic Discussion

• Putting good lab procedures in place
  • Brainstorm basic biology lab skills students should have AFTER taking biology
  • Design an activity to teach this simple lab skill in a fun and safe way.

Assignments to have completed for next week: Oct. 28

• Continue the third week (last week) of your experiment (All data should be complete by Thursday Oct. 28th).
• Bring with you (or have online access to) your raw data.
• Meet in computer lab....stay tuned as to where we will be meeting--Excel, graph making!
• Read Part 7: in your Research Handbook "After the Experiment is Over"--Be sure to bring your manual to class! We need it!

STEM Kit Organization (Have completed by next week): And information posted on your STEM Kit Wiki page (links to google docs, or info, right on the wiki page.

• Assign roles to each of the partners:
  • Brainstormer: (All group members) Create a space where you can discuss the kit ideas, to be sure you're all on the same page.
  • Kit Item Organizer: List items needed to go into the kit. Organize lists into 1) items provided in the kit, 2) items provided by the teacher and 3) consumables
  • Budget Researcher: Determines where items should be bought (best quality for best price) Do this in excel, organize url's, company names, number of items, cost etc.